Every year, the Docudays UA has a Student Jury which chose its best film.
JURY:
- Danylo Chuprin
- Kateryna Tsopa
- Yuliia Shcherbak
- Angelika Machula
- Oksana Novoseltseva
MAIN PRIZE
Petit Samedi / Paloma Sermon-Daï / Belgium / 2020 / 75’
The film showcases the issue of injecting drug users' position in society. This complex story of an attempt to overcome addiction inspires the viewer without demonization of the protagonist. The clear and meaningful artistic delineation of space, the color correction, and the duration of shots create a unique atmosphere, making this film special.
SPECIAL MENTION
Salt from Bonneville / Simon Mozgovy / Ukraine, Poland, Georgia / 2020 / 74’
The director’s work creates the effect of full immersion into the main characters’ story. The use of natural light and the organization of frames blur the line between the protagonists’ reality and the cinematic language.
SPECIAL MENTION
Unseen / Maia Martiniak / Slovakia / 2018 / 87’
The film raises the urgent yet underdiscussed issue of obstetric violence. A comprehensive portrayal of this complicated theme prompts the audience for reflections.
Here is the list of films nominated for the Student Jury Award:
- Territory of Empty Windows, dir. Zoya Laktionova (Ukraine)
- Following the Paths of Kyiv Beaches, dir. Roman Prokopchuk (Ukraine)
- I Don't Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore, dir. Viv Li (Belgium)
- Asak, dir. Mahdi Zamanpour Kiasari (Iran)
- Riders Not Heroes, dir. Davide Rapp, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (Italy)
- A Friendly Man, dir. Łukasz Konopa (Israel)
- 3 Logical Exits, dir. Mahdi Fleifel (Denmark, UK, Lebanon)
- The Universe According to Dan Buckley, dir. Roberto Santaguida (Canada)
- 57 Days, dir. Mario Lumbreras, Laura Brasero (Spain)
- The Lamb, dir. Cyrielle Raingou (Hungary)
- Talamanca, dir. Davide Marino (UK)
- Son of the Streets, dir. Mohammed Almughanni (Palestine)
- AN OCEAN, dir. Paul Scheufler (Germany)
- Revolykus, dir. Victor Orozco Ramirez (Germany)
- The White Death of the Black Wizard, dir. Rodrigo Ribeiro (Brazil)
- Abyss, dir. Patricia Fróes (Brazil)
- I Think It’s Enough, Isn’t It?, dir. Emily Shir Segal (Israel)
- As Far As Possible, dir. by Ganna Iaroshevych;
- Ivan's Land, dir. by Andrii Lysetskyi;
- Salt from Bonneville, dir. by Simon Mozgovy;
- Tales of a Toy Horse, dir. by Ulyana Osovska, Denis Strashny;
- Roses. Film-Cabaret, dir. by Irena Stetsenko.
- This Rain will Never Stop, dir. Alina Gorlova (Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar)
- Once Upon a Time in Venezuela, dir. Anabel Rodriguez Rio (Venezuela, UK, Brazil, Austria)
- Children, dir. Ada Ushpiz (Israel)
- Petit Tom, dir. André-Line Beauparlant (Canada)
- A Colombian Family, dir. Tanja Wol Sørensen (Denmark)
- There will be no more night, dir. Éléonore Weber (France)
- Petit Samedi, dir. Paloma Sermon-Daï (Belgium)
- Taming the Garden, dir. Salomé Jashi (Switzerland, Germany, Georgia)
- Love & Stuff, dir. Judith Helfand (USA)
- Solitaire Dance, dir. Antti Lempiäinen (Finland)
- Vivos, dir. Ai Weiwei (Germany, Mexico)
- Unseen, dir. Maia Martiniak (Slovakia)
- Things We Dare Not Do, dir. Bruno Santamaría Razo (Mexico)
